In other lifetimes she writes urban fantasy as P.R. Frost and space opera as C.F. Bentley. You can follow Irene Radford on Live Journal, rambling_phyl or on FaceBook Phyllis Irene Radford
Bruce Taylor, aka. “Mr. Magic Realism”, writes magic realism. He has nine books published. A collection (“Alembical”) with his novella, “Thirteen Miles to Paradise”, received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. “Kafka’s Uncle and other Strange Tales” was nominated for the &NOW Award for Innovative Writing (SUNY, NY). Other titles are, “Edward: Dancing on the Edge of Infinity”, “Magic of Wild Places” and (with Brian Herbert) “Stormworld”. With Elton Elliott, he co-edited “Like Water for Quarks”, an anthology about the blending of magic realism and science fiction. New titles recently released are “Mr. Magic Realism”, “Metamorphosis Blues”. His first anthology, “The Final Trick of Funnyman and Other Stories” has just been re-released as an e-book from Baen Books. Another book, “Mountains of the Night” is slated for re-release as well as its companion book, “Magic of Wild Places”. The third book of the trilogy (“Majesty of the World”) is presently being written. Bruce is also working on other projects with Brian Herbert. Living in Seattle, he has a smashing view of Mt. Rainier. His website is: www.brucebtaylor.com.
Joyce Reynolds-Ward is a middle school learning specialist, horsewoman and skier living in Portland, Oregon. Besides earning a Semi-Finalist placement in Writers of the Future, she’s had short stories and essays published in Random Realities, M-Brane SF, The Fifth Di…, Nightbird Singing in the Dead of Night, Zombiefied, River, Gobshite Quarterly, and Gears and Levers 1. Her newest novel in The Netwalk Sequence, Netwalker Uprising, will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other sites in e-book form and trade paper in March, 2013. Examples of her professional education writing can be found at ChildsWork.com. When not teaching, she’s often thundering about on her intrepid reining mare Mocha, living la vida ski bum, and writing. Joyce is currently working on a certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology through Portland State University and hopes to integrate her study of neuroscience in both her teaching and her writing. Follow her adventures through her blog, Peak Amygdala, at www.joycereynoldsward.com.
Books Published by Sky Warrior Books
Alma Alexander
2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Embers of Heaven (E-book, Trade Paperback)
S. A. Bolich
Firedancer (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Windrider (E-Book, Trade Paperback)
M. H. Bonham
Prophecy of Swords (E-book)
Runestone of Teiwas (E-book)
Serpent Singer and Other Stories (E-book)
Bob Brown
The Dragon, The Damsel, and the Knight (YA E-book)
John Dalmas
Soldiers! Part 1(E-book)
Soldiers! Part 2 (E-book)
The Second Coming (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Deby Fredericks
Seven Exalted Orders (E-book)
Carol Hightshoe (Editor)
Zombiefied: An Anthology of All Things Zombie (E-book)
Gary Jonas
Acheron Highway (E-book)
Modern Sorcery (E-book, Trade Paperback)
One-Way Ticket to Midnight (E-book)
Quick Shots (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Frog and Esther Jones
Grace Under Fire (E-book)
Pat MacEwen
The Dragon’s Kiss (E-book)
Rough Magic (E-book)
Michael J. Parry
The Oaks Grove (E-book)
The Spiral Tattoo (E-book)
Phyllis Irene Radford
Healing Waves: A Charity Anthology for Japan (Editor) (E-book)
How Beer Saved the World (Editor) (E-book)
Gears and Levers 1: A Steampunk Anthology (Editor) (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Gears and Levers 2: A Steampunk Anthology (Editor) (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Lacing Up for Murder, A Whistling River Mystery (E-book)
So You Want to Commit Novel (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Dusty Rainbolt (Editor)
The Mystical Cat (E-book)
Deborah J. Ross (Editor)
The Feathered Edge (E-book, Trade Paperback)
Laura J. Underwood
Ard Magister (Book One of Ard Magister) (E-book)
Ard Magister: Demon in the Bones (Book Two of Ard Magister) (E-book)
Dragon’s Tongue (Book One of the Demon-Bound) (E-book)
The Hounds of Ardagh (E-book)
Steven E. Wedel (Editor)
Tails of the Pack (E-book)
Acknowledgements
Introduction, copyright © by Phyllis Irene Radford 2013
Below, Between, Above, copyright © by Brenda W. Clough 2013
The Band of Brewers, copyright © by Bob Brown 2013
Paco’s Home Brew, copyright © by Nancy Jane Moore 2013
End of the Long Haul, copyright © by Frog and Esther Jones 2013
Of Hops, Malt, and Pee, copyright © by Bruce Taylor 2013
Mad Gus Missteps, copyright © by Mark J. Ferrari and Shannon Page 2013
A Wartime Draught, copyright © by G. David Nordley 2013
Beer Goes to War, copyright © by Joyce Reynolds-Ward 2013
Beware the Nine, copyright © by Laurel Anne Hill 2013
Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow, copyright © by Clayton J. Callahan 2013
On the Making of Veffen, copyright © by Barb Caffrey 2013
One Burp to Save Them All, copyright © by Irene Radford 2013
Uncommon Valor, copyright © by Manny Frishberg 2013
Proof the Gods Love Us, copyright © by Chris Wong Sick Hong 2013
Copyright
© 2013 by Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC.
Smashwords Edition
Published by Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC.
PO Box 99
Clinton, MT 59825
This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental.
Editor: Phyllis Irene Radford.
Cover art by Laura Givens.
Publisher: M. H. Bonham.
Printed in the United States of America
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